Daddy Yankee vs. Don Omar

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tue 5/5/2009

A collage of reggaetón superstars Daddy Yankee and Don Omar.

name	Ramón Ayala.	William Omar Landrón.
aka	El Cangri.	El Rey de Reyes, iDon.
birthdate	February 3, 1977.	February 10, 1978.
place of birth	Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico.	Carolina, Puerto Rico.
the hair	Slick and shiny.	From cornrows to a close crop.
antes	A promising baseball career ended after he was shot in the leg with an AK-47.	Preached but left the church to pursue music.
debut	No Mercy (1995).	The Last Don (2003).
latest release	Talento de Barrio.	iDon.
current single	Que Tengo Que Hacer.	Virtual Diva.
protégés	Nicky Jam, Miguelito, Tempo and Gold2.	Marcy Place, Glory, Rell and Cynthia Antigua.
killer collab	Gangsta Zone with Snoop Dogg.	Bandoleros with Tego Calderón.
i'm an actor!	Talento de Barrio.	Fast & Furious.
label boss	El Cartel Records.	All Star Records.
endorses	Reebok Sneakers.	Umbro Sneakers.
charity work	Fundación Corazón Guerrero helps ex-convicts reintegrate into society.	The Treasure Kids Fund helps children with autism.
awards	Latin Billboard award for Latin Album Artist of the Year in 2006.	Latin Billboard award for Reggaeton Album Of The Year in 2007.
family life	Married with three children to teenage sweetheart Mireddys González.	Married with three children (from a previous relationship) to TV personality Jackie Guerrido.
the critics	Allmusic: "Daddy Yankee did more than anyone to establish reggaetón as a marketable music style during the early 21st century. Yankee's success was so phenomenal in the wake of his 2004 mainstream breakthrough, that he transcended cultural boundaries and genre trappings."	The Los Angeles Times: "By setting a higher dance standard, Don Omar is also ridding reggaetón of its raunchy, sexist nature. He's sending a message that the human body, especially female, doesn't have to be crudely objectified to be admired. It can be elevated to an art form if trained to move in ways beyond pelvic thrusts."
controversy	Said he was OK with performing for drug dealers.	Charged with possesion of drugs and firearms.
beef	Ended longtime feud with Don Omar last year.	Ended longtime feud with Daddy Yankee last year.
in their own words	"When I do an album I don't like to rush it, you know, I don't like to make music just to make music. I like to create, to create new music, revolutionary music, music that the Latino will like, music that African-Americans will like, that the Europeans will like. So every time I come out, its with revolutionized music every race, everybody." - Daddy Yankee	"There is no doubt that reggaetón has a sensual and spicy rhythm. It also had many negative connotations in the beginning, but that is exactly what we are trying to change. Projecting that image doesn’t interest us, we want to construct something productive, and we are seeing that it’s possible." - Don Omar.
web props	549,532 friends on MySpace.	325,970 friends on MySpace.
best video moment	Pimping across the world in Impacto.	Drifting fast and furiously in Conteo.